Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-11-24
LAID AWAY.

Pregnant with Warning to the fr'e"ds Oh I
Law, Order and Constitutional Govern I!
mcnt.
Chicago, Nay I4-Tive high priests of
anarchy were laid to rest yesterday alter
noon Lad tore Il. not as English malefact-
ors woald have been, with hole In pris'
on corridor for a grave and load of quick
lime for it's bed. Laid to resin beauti-
full garden of the dad; beneath a mount
ain OF fragrant flowers amid the music OF
bands, soemn chants and passionate
oratory and the tears OF thousands.
Scarce less honors could have been paid
the hero or patriot than were showered
yesterday by their sympathizers upon the
caskets that contained the mortal re-
mains of Spies, Parsons, Engel, Fischer
and Lingg. Sober, Thoughtful men, who
saw the great outpouring OF people.
who were confronted with the red en-
blems of the commune az every turn;
who listened to the strains of the 'Mar'
seiIlaise," asked of each other as TO what
it signified Was it the last expiring
gasp of the social revolution, or was it
notice to Chicago and to TIE Unitoh
States that "the king is dead long live the
king" Never before has the milwaukee
avenue district, that hotbed of Anarchism
the .'Faubourg ST. Denis" of Chicago
held ST oh a concourse as was a5Semp ed
within IFS precincts at noon yesterday.
Fer distance of three niles and more
Waldhein Cemetery, where the hnal
scene took place, is about eight IN les from
CHICAGO almost under the shadows OF me
Altenhem. or German old peoples nome.
This was the objective Point throughout
the morning for large numbers OF people,
who reached it by special trains, in car
rages or on foot, aud by noon fully tive
thousand were within the Enclosure or
scattered in the half mile of country lane
between it and the depot. Thirty cars
were in waiting for the funeral party, but
even after this number had made three
trips there We're thousands upon thou
sands who were compelled to relinqulsh
their intention of taking Tart in the final
ceremonies, and to remain IN the Guy.
Each casket was borne from the depot
upon the shoulders of eight men, and
the procession was headed by four
women in deep mourning, upon whose
shoulders rested an immense floral crown,
with o smaller one of Grape IN the IN
terror. The collins were placed upon
platform that had been erected lnmedi-
atelv in front of the receiving vault, ana
the fifteen thousand spectators gathered
around. The shadows Oh evening were
! falling, and as Captain Black stepped for
ward and raised his hand, hats were taken
off and O deep silence fell on the vast
throng The counsel for the men whose
remains rested at his feet spoke at
/ length, He told his hearers that they had
come to do honor to the soldiers and
martyrs of truth. They had lost their
lives in their service, and they were num-
bered with those that in all history
had died for the Same cause.
They believed that there were social
conditions in this country that had
wrought great injustice to large part OF
I the people, aud with purity of soul ana
singleness of purpose they had devoted
themselves to the cure OF what they
thought was great and terrible wrong.
Their hearts ached for the human race,
and they longed to help it. They were
kind-hcarted, tender, manly, noble men.
They loved humanity. They worshiped
God by striving their utmost to benefit
their fellow-man, aud it was in this strife
that they delivered up their lives. They
were not standing there by the booles OF
felons. There was nothing disgrace.
full about their death. They died
for liberty, for the sacred right OF
rntrammcled speech, and for humanity,
and his hearers should be proud that they
had been their friends. In concluding
the speaker read a poem written, it is
supposed, bv August Spies few days be-
fore his death.
The mannerchoir sang a funeral hymn,
and then Robert Reitzel, editor of De'
Alme Teufel (the poor deviD of Detroit
steDped to the front of the five collins.
He spoke in German. Loud was his voice
and excited was his manner. This is
what he said:
81 camc with the intention to make q
terrible accusation. Not an accusation
against the horde of church goers who IN
their self -righteo BUSINESS to-day rejoice il
loud tones that the five men whose re-
mains we conslgn to the dust are dead
not against the hangmen of this country
! who is called sheriff by the brutes in
human disguise who clamor for the life
and blood of the poor; not against the
jury who obeyed the mandate OF these
brutes: but against the workingmen be
, cause they stood calmly by when five o.
their best men were foully and brutally
, murdered. In the acon!es of death these
, five men expe cted that the henious crime
committed against them would he avenged
in streams of blood, and they had RICH
to expect it. Lingg, the brave, the heroic
the manly, was right when he said self
preservation in these days was a crime
Here in the presence Of these murdered
men swear to it that you will organize t.
avence this crime. to visit it upon those
who hate you." "We swear" came tn
sullen growl from many. 1t was not pos
siEls to identify any one in the darkness
1--WE affirm" continued the speaker
shat we will have blood for blood. W.
: 10 not grieve over these men who arr
dead, but we do greve that in this cent
ury murder most foul can be committed
under the guse of authority AMI law. W.
greve at ourselves that we did not rise il
our might and prevent this crime. Thinl
Of the VOW you have just made. Do no
: tremble. Be men. Night is falling fast
and shall close. In this darkening hou
think of the darkness and sorrow which
society has brought over those we love
: Let me appeal to YOU with Herwegh: Wv
have now suffered long enough, now lie
, Us bitterly BATE"
The harangue caused an irresistible out
burst of applause. The untamed Language
was the kew which unloosened tue pent
' No hatred If that speech had been deliv
|, cred in the streets of the city, one smpl
! word of command would have sufticed t
> set free an Infatuated mob whose rag;
would have known no bounds.
Thomas ]. Morgan, the leade- OF the SO
!, cialistic Labor element, and Albert Curr
lin, editor of the Arbeiter Il eitung, ais
made violent harangues.
No Pardon for Him.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Nov. 14.-Severa
/ months ago, in the federal court, William